Etherium is the upcoming sci-fi RTS from Tindalos Interactive, and it’s just got a brand new trailer. This one shows the three factions, Humans, Vectides and Intari, kicking the hell out of each other on an ice world and a volcanic planet (two locations every sci-fi franchise is required to contain by international law).
Here’s how Tindalos describe the game’s setting and the content of the new trailer. The Consortium are the humans, if you’re wondering.
While the first video only showed a single faction–the Consortium–and the sand planet Serenade, today’s trailer reveals all three playable factions locking their troops in battle on two more of the six planets that will serve as battlegrounds. The ice world Arctis and the volcanic planet Pilo both provide environmental challenges and unique climatic events. The first battles promise to be quite intense, and one thing is for sure: the Consortium, the Vectides and the Intari are in for a large-scale conflict!
In Etherium, these three empires are locked in a ruthless struggle to control the etherium, a mysterious and precious resource found only on a handful of planets. Take the lead of one of the three factions, each with its individual characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, technologies and special skills such as climate control, espionage and precognition.
I had a look at Etherium a while back, and it looks like a nice, slightly retro RTS with some interesting ideas and a smooth sci-fi aesthetic. It would be nice to see more gameplay trailers, though. It’s aiming for release sometime in Summer 2014.
